OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Paspalum repens var. fluitans

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Paspalum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Paspalum fluitans

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:

Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Paspalum fluitans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Paspalum repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass


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image of Paspalum fluitans, Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pafl5_002_lhd

        

image of Paspalum fluitans, Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pafl5_004_lvd

        

image of Paspalum fluitans, Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass

Keith Bradley    kab_paspalum_repens_78285

June    Collier County    FL

Mistletoe Swamp

Panicle branches extend beyond outermost spikelets & disarticulate at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum repens var. fluitans

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum fluitans

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum fluitans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum repens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4098

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Mucky soils in swamp forests, moist riverbanks and bars, sloughs, sometimes forming floating mats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle of 7-70 racemose branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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